Match Facts

Union Bordeaux-Bègles have won each of their previous four Champions Cup matches against Ulster Rugby by an average margin of 13 points, scoring 26+ points in each of those games; Bordeaux’s 21-point win against Ulster in this season’s pool stages (40-19) was their largest ever against them.

Union Bordeaux-Bègles won all four of their games in the pool stages of this season’s Champions Cup by an average margin of 35 points, scoring at least six tries in each of those games; Ulster Rugby have lost each of their last seven away matches in the competition by an average margin of 25 points, however, their last victory on the road came against French opposition in the 2021/22 Round of 16 (26-20 v Stade Toulousain).

Union Bordeaux-Bègles are one of two teams to have scored over 20 tries in the 2024/25 Champions Cup (33, also Stade Toulousain), while only Exeter Chiefs (34) conceded more tries than Ulster Rugby (25) in this season’s pool stages.

Union Bordeaux-Bègles made the most line breaks (45) and gained the most metres per carry (5) of any team in the pool stages of this season’s Champions Cup and are also the only team with a tackle evasion rate over 30% in the competition this term (35%).

Union Bordeaux-Bègles winger Damian Penaud scored 10 tries in the pool stages of this season’s Champions Cup, only Chris Asthon has scored more in a single full edition of the competition (11 in 2013/14), Penaud’s tally includes his six-try haul against the Sharks last time out, the most any player has ever scored in a Champions or Challenge Cup game.